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Around 70,000 customers tapped their debit cards and other open-loop cards and credentials to pay for rides with Dutch national rail operator NS during the first week after the operator launched open-loop service, Jan. 31. The adoption figure represented only 1% of riders, with open-loop service only available for second-class, single rides and without discounts for now.
The first-week adoption represented about 10,000 customers per day paying for rides with open-loop. Since NS serves around 1 million customers per day, it means that only about 1% of riders were tapping in and out with open-loop cards or wallet credentials to pay fares.
Around 70,000 customers tapped their debit cards and other open-loop cards and credentials to pay for rides with Dutch national rail operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen, or NS, during the first week after the operator launched open-loop service, Jan. 31, an NS spokeswoman confirmed to Mobility Payments.